Centre of the World, the equator

We were only flying back to Miami late on Monday evening, so we packed all our shopping and cases and decided to go to visit the Equator and see a bit of Quito.


Brilliant experience as not only do you have the monument and line drawn on the ground but they have a little centre where they do all experience with you.


We were all enthralled and watched the impact on water running from a sink when placed on the north side, south side and then on the line. There were 2 interactive ones, firstly the Krige family all proved to be eggsperts. On the line, it is possible to balance a raw egg on the head of a nail. We all had a go and managed to balance it and got an eggcelent certificate.


The second involved clasping your hands above your head and resisting whilst another pulled them down. So the tiny guide tried this with Trevor on the north side and was left dangling. Once Trevor was standing on the line, with one hand she just pulled his arms down. Weird.


On the equator line you are at the widest part of the world so have the least gravity and in fact way a kilogram less. I need to live on that line!
Lunch on a roof top terrace in Quito and then a rush to the airport.





- posted by the Krige family